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Olives in Charlestown, the restaurant that put Todd English on the culinary map when it opened in 1989, closed last week after an unsuccessful second act.

A grease fire shut down the restaurant in May 2010. It reopened in May 2012, but controversy continued to haunt English and the eatery, ranging from tax and financial trouble to bad reviews and bad karma: Bostonians long ago turned their back on the former favorite son.